I asked for recommendations for writers of color of adventurous SF/F/H who feature the coolest, best, most awesome heroes and heroines of color, and received the following responses (as well as did some research on my own):

Sabaa Tahir

N.K. Jemisin

Daniel Jose Older

Ken Liu

Nalo Hopkinson

Alaya Dawn Johnson

Steven Barnes

Justine Larbalestier (Oops!)

Nisi Shawl

Sofia Samatar

Nnedi Okorafor

Craig Lawrence Gidney

Cixin Liu

Samuel R. Delaney

Alexandra Duncan (Another oops!)

Jacqueline Koyanagi

Maurice Broaddus

S.L. Huang

Mary Anne Mohanraj

Charles Yu

Erick Setiawan

David F. Walker

Tananarive Due

Thoraiya Dyer

Sunny Moraine

Octavia Butler

Benjamin Parzybok

Victor LaValle

Sabrina Vourvoulias

Linda D. Addison

L.A. Banks

Jemiah Jefferson

Helen Oyeyemi

Chesya Burke

Dia Reeves

L. Marie Wood

Pearl Cleage (Just Wanna Testify)

Evie Rhodes

Sumiko Saulson

Darlene Black

Andre Duza

Walter Mosley (mostly crime, but some SF)

Charles Saunders

Wrath James White

Tobais Buckell

Daina Chaviano

Karen Lord

S.P. Somtow

Minister Faust

Andrea Hairston

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Jorge Luis Borges

Silvina Ocampo

Kathleen Alcala

Junot Diaz

Ernest Hogan

Stephen Graham Jones

Owl Goingback

Daniel Heath Justice

William Sanders

Cynthia Leitich Smith

Craig Strete

Ted Chiang

Malinda Lo

Marie Lu

Vandana Singh

Ashok Banker

Hiromi Goto

Liz Williams

Ellen Oh

Sangu Mandanna

Kat Zhang

Sherri L. Smith

Grace Lin

Zoraida Cordova

Miyuke Miyabe

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Natsuo Kirino

Kiese Laymon

Chang-rae Lee

Saladin Ahmed

Cindy Pon

Amish Tripathi

David Anthony Durham

Louise Erdrich

Leslie Marmon Silko

Jewelle Gomez

Ana Castillo

Larissa Lai

L.R. Giles

Terence Taylor

Brandon Massey

Michael Boatman

Kiini Ibura Salaam

John Cooley

Ta-Nehesi Coates

Aliette de Bodard

Greg van Eekhout

Heidi Durrow

Danzy Senna

Fonda Lee

Thomas King

Kai Ashante Wilson

Ayize Jama-Everett

Anita Desai Hidier

Lisa See

Amal El-Mohtar

Koushun Takami

Yoon Ha Lee

Aaron Paquette

Angie Sandro

Karin Lowachee

Greg Dragon

C. Edward Baldwin

Dennis Calloway

Zen Cho

Stephanie Saulter

Milton Davis

Carole McDonell

Usman T. Malik

M.C.A. Hogarth

Samit Basu

Nalini Singh

Balogun Ojetade

Valjeanne Jeffers

Charles W. Chesnutt

Pauline Hopkins

W.E.B. DuBois

Zora Neale Hurston

George S. Schuyler

Henry Dumas

Virginia Hamilton

Alan Jones

Wendy Raven McNair

Alicia McCalla

Ronald T. Jones

Irette Patterson

Gerald L. Coleman

Jules Rivera

Jennifer Marie Brissett

Gina Ruis

Alyssa Cole

Michelle Sagara/West

Gene Luen Yang

Sonny Liew

David Ramirez

Yangsze Choo

I need a place to add writers of color who write mysteries:

Walter Mosley

Attica Locke

Chester Himes

Barbara Neely

Valerie Wilson

Rachel Howzell Hall

Edward P. Jones

Charles W. Chestnutt

Gar Anthony Haywood

Gary Phillips

John Ridley

JaQuavais Coleman

Now, whether these are the writers I’m looking for or not (I haven’t checked whether they’re to my taste or are CRAZY NUTS ADVENTURE! writers, which is what I’m really in the mood for, especially high fantasy), it’s a pretty good list and should keep me busy for a while. Please note that comments about a) how the poster is not white but some shade of pale, ha-ha, b) how the poster never notices anyone’s race when they’re picking out books anyway, and c) NOBODY NEEDS TO NOTICE “PEOPLE OF COLOR” THEY HAVE ALL THE ADVANTAGES!!! will be met with eyerolls, and, if I’m feeling energetic, sarcastic comments. I am tired of making nice to people who have difficulty with the idea that I, a voracious reader, might be reading books that are not about various shades of pink people from North America and Europe, whether that means offended or just plain feeling awkward because they don’t have a similar reading list themselves. Nobody pitched a fit or bothered to tell me that they don’t consider genre before picking stories when I started my ongoing horror reading project, which I guarantee you is far more offensive and of questionable taste. Me reading these books will not hurt you, and you not reading these books will not hurt me or make me shoot flames at you. I promise. Everyone else – let me know if you know of more authors. Anything published is good, indie or trad. I can’t guarantee I’ll read it, but I’ll check it out. Thanks!